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In Adept Press 6/16/2007 The Dragon Master: So what's sorcerer about anyway?
After reading a brief wikipedia article on GNS Theory at the turn of the year, I began to explore some some of the games referenced in there. Most of them…
In Adept Press
Participants: The Dragon Master, Ron Edwards, M. J. Young.
6/12/2007 James_Nostack: [Dictionary of Mu] A Martian Armory
[i]Sorcerer & Sword[/i], on page 71, suggests that in certain contexts, particular weapons should receive tactical advantages. While as a GM I'm quite happy doing this [i]ad hoc[/i], I felt…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack.
6/7/2007 GreatWolf: So, about that Wraith game....
In a different thread, Ron said this:
All that said, I am still quite motivated to play a game of Wraith one of these days.…
In Adept Press
Participants: GreatWolf, Ron Edwards, HighmoonMedia, c, Eliarhiman6, Valamir, Matt Snyder, M. J. Young, Thenomain, Calithena, Jasper the Mimbo.
5/30/2007 nuanarpoq: New players, new game, new characters
About a month ago a colleague came to visit from Ottawa, and in her bag she had brought me the fours Sorceror books which I opened with an impish glee…
In Adept Press
Participants: nuanarpoq, Ron Edwards.
5/29/2007 deadmanshand: Introing new players to sorcerer
Hello all. I'm new to the forums but not new to the game as I've had Sorcerer since '98. I am about to start a game with a few inexperienced…
In Adept Press
Participants: deadmanshand, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.
5/18/2007 Ron Edwards: For your amusement & insight
Here is a song by Eric Idle which I think is a fine thing. It concerns many things.
No discussion necessary, just a bit of love from me to you.…
In Adept Press
Participants: Ron Edwards.
5/17/2007 pfischer: [Sorcerer] Possessor in a corpse - how to
Hi there,
I am prepping for our next Sorcerer game, based on my Unforgiven-inspired one-sheet Las Cruces http://darkplaces.squarespace.com/downloads/lascrucesonesheet.pdf.
We have characters and starting demons, minus finalised Kickers, and it's all…
In Adept Press
Participants: pfischer, Alan, Ron Edwards.
5/14/2007 c: [Forge Midwest]Interview with Ron Edwards
Hi Folks,
I did an interview with Ron Edwards, at Forge Midwest. It just went up late last night. We talked about a debacle that took place in these very…
In Adept Press
Participants: c, Ron Edwards, Matt Snyder, Troy_Costisick, Valamir, Paul Czege, Yokiboy, Gaerik, Nev the Deranged, James_Nostack, HighmoonMedia, brainwipe, Mick Bradley, Wolfen.
5/9/2007 jackson_tegu: question about bass playing
hey Ron,
this is kind of a weenie question.
so, from M. J. Young's article here http://ptgptb.org/0027/theory101-02.html
i've got an idea about a referee "playing bass"; setting a groundwork for…
In Adept Press
Participants: jackson_tegu, jburneko, Ron Edwards, Peter Nordstrand, Calithena, M. J. Young.
5/5/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - Help - Slaves to the Rhythm
Hi,
I'm working on developing a sorcerer game. In fact, its genesis is detailed here. I'm pretty stoked about the basic idea, but I'm at loggerheads about the definition of…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, James_Nostack, Arturo G..
5/2/2007 Paka: Sorcerer: Warlocks, Witches, Priests, Nuns, Demons, Angels, Satan and God
"Our job as Devils is not to damn our appointee's soul to hell as quickly as possible. Ideally, we want a cycle of damnation and coldness and then a sliver…
In Adept Press
Participants: Paka, James_Nostack, Arturo G., Valamir.
5/1/2007 Darcy Burgess: [Sorcerer] - short & long con Demos
Hi Gang,
I'm running an indie demo-table at my local con (CanGames) later this month.
I've got a slew and a half of games lined up, and most of my…
In Adept Press
Participants: Darcy Burgess, angelfromanotherpin, hix.
4/29/2007 angelfromanotherpin: [Sorcerer] Help me brainstorm a Humanity.
I'm looking to start a new Sorcerer game, and I'm looking to really sink my teeth into Humanity. I want a Humanity which will get checks and gain rolls all…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Eero Tuovinen, Valamir.
4/24/2007 James_Nostack: [& Sword] Build an Anthology!
I'm constructing a Sword & Sorcery anthology for my girlfriend C. After months of rolling her eyes when I would suggest it, she started reading Tomoe Gozen a little while…
In Adept Press
Participants: James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin, Alan, Christopher Kubasik.
4/19/2007 Offray: Sorcerer first gamming and questions
Hi all,
First, excuse me for my English. I'm not a native speaker. This will be my first post on actual play, I have been reading the post here for…
In Adept Press
Participants: Offray, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.
4/13/2007 BlackSheep: School me on relationship maps
Following up from a post in the Chimera forum:
Actually, what you're describing isn't a relationship map, not as I introduced the term in my book…
In Adept Press
Participants: BlackSheep, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.
4/11/2007 epweissengruber: [Sorcerer One Sheet]
These are the first steps towards a one-sheet for IndieRPG Toronto. Comments welcome
Life Under the Double Sun
- j"stone age" post-apocalypse, coming out of ice age and hurtling towards…
In Adept Press
Participants: epweissengruber, Ron Edwards.
4/10/2007 Simon C: [Sorcerer] Roleplaying bonus dice.
I'm planning on running a game of Sorcerer in the near future. I got the rulebook recently, and I'm really impressed. I have one problem with it though. The system,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Simon C, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack, angelfromanotherpin.
4/9/2007 TTK: [Sorcerer] First try and questions
Hi all! So my Sorcerer game finally arrived last week and me and my group set together for the first session...
After reading through most of the topics listed under…
In Adept Press
Participants: TTK, Alan.
4/6/2007 Eliarhiman6: [Dictionary of Mu] Theme music.
Hello!
For my future game of Sorcerer set in the "Dictionary of Mu" setting, I am thinking about returning to an old habit we had in a previous game group:…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, Jennifer Rodgers, Paka, epweissengruber, Dumirik.
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In Adept Press 6/23/2007 LordEntropy: [&Sword] Trading Victories Question (split)
[quote author=Ron Edwards link=topic=15988.msg170593#msg170593 date=1121697501]
Hi James,
Sorry 'bout the delay; the home wireless is acting funny. Let's see if I can stay on-line long enough for this to work.…
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Participants: LordEntropy, Ron Edwards, Eliarhiman6.
6/27/2007 thespiderprince: Donald Tyson's "Necronomicon: the Wanderings of Alhazred" is right on point
I don't like to use the catch phrase "must read" but I would definitely put this on the recommended reading list. This is an excellent pastiche/ tribute of H.P. Lovecraft's…
In Adept Press
Participants: thespiderprince, Ron Edwards.
6/30/2007 TickTock Man: "Stacking" Demon Abilities and scope
Greetings,
A question came up in our game of Sorcerer last night. The question was really one of the scope of the abilities of a demon and whether a demon…
In Adept Press
Participants: TickTock Man, Ron Edwards.
7/3/2007 preludetotheend: Patrons
So I was thinking the other day about the idea of why demons are compelled to steal away souls through shady contracts? I decided upon the demon actually stealing away…
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Participants: preludetotheend, Ron Edwards.
7/8/2007 dikaiosunh: [Schism] First time running it (or Sorcerer)
This weekend, I'll be running my first Sorcerer game, a one shot at an informal local con. I have some specific questions, and I've read a bunch of Sorcerer threads…
In Adept Press
Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.
7/8/2007 Krul: Idea - City Suspended between Void and Chaos
Hello everyone, thought I'd toss this out.
I was thinking about a game with a city suspended in void and chaos between three world/dimensions(Our world/universe, another one with biotech base,…
In Adept Press
Participants: Krul, Ron Edwards.
7/15/2007 Abhoth: Hey everyone New guy here
hi all im so new to Sorcerer that I dont even have any of the books yet, for some reason the indie press website is down, anyone got an any…
In Adept Press
Participants: Abhoth, Ron Edwards, zomben, angelfromanotherpin, James_Nostack.
7/14/2007 Plotin: Good discussion about NaN (split)
This is nog a strict reply to the opening of this post, and I also hope that you (Ron!) don't think I am neither hairsplitting nor nitpicking, bit this aspect…
In Adept Press
Participants: Plotin, Ron Edwards, lumpley, Eliarhiman6.
7/19/2007 Thermight: Can someone post the Clicking Sands map?
Hello, I noticed that the lowest part of the Clicking sands color map is missing on http://www.sorcerer-rpg.com/clickingsands2.jpeg
I like maps. Can someone post it? It would be nice! :)
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Participants: Thermight.
7/21/2007 Abhoth: Ok Question time from the new guy
Ok several questions:
So essentially I need to create my own mythos for the way sorcerery works (ie like the way's presented in the back, IE Classical vs Radical, and…
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Participants: Abhoth, angelfromanotherpin, 5niper9, Ron Edwards, dikaiosunh.
7/24/2007 angelfromanotherpin: Minor Inspiration for Sorcerer
I recently re-watched Coppola's Dracula movie, and the prologue struck me as immensely Sorcerer. It's setup is a reasonable enough historical scenario, until a badass gets very upset, so he…
In Adept Press
Participants: angelfromanotherpin, Ron Edwards.
7/29/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Validate Preparation?
Hi everyone,
I'm not really experienced with the sorcerer system and so I'd like to get feedback on my preparation for the second session of sorcerer. An actual play report…
In Adept Press
Participants: 5niper9, James_Nostack.
7/31/2007 dikaiosunh: [Sorcerer] Potpourri of Mechanical Questions (Injury, waiting, shapeshift)
I have three (hopefully) boring and unrelated mechanics questions, but they're bugging me and a search of the forum didn't turn up answers (apologies if I missed them). One came…
In Adept Press
Participants: dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards, greyorm.
8/3/2007 Charlie Gilb: From DnD to Sorcerer
Hey everyone,
I just started GMing a DnD game with 2 players I've been with for about 10 years, and a third friend of mine whom I met through another…
In Adept Press
Participants: Charlie Gilb, Frank Tarcikowski, dikaiosunh, Ron Edwards.
8/5/2007 BeZurKur: [& Sword] Help On The Setting
I am planning a Sorcerer and Sword game. This is the first time I’ll be running (or even playing) Sorcerer. I get the impression that certain elements and directions need…
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Participants: BeZurKur, Ron Edwards.
8/12/2007 5niper9: [Sorcerer] Going for the green belt
Hi all,
we finished our second session playing sorcerer.
All of us got more insight to the system and as always with further knowledge there are more questions:
I…
In Adept Press
Participants: 5niper9, Ron Edwards, Eero Tuovinen.
8/13/2007 Eliarhiman6: Sorcerers of Prax (Not really. Completely different)
Hi!
My long-delayed game of Sorcerer / Dictionary of Mu, the one for which I asked help in this old thread, will be delayed again. My "experimental" group, the one…
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, Ron Edwards, James_Nostack.
8/20/2007 Eliarhiman6: Sorcerer & Sword character sheets
Hi!!
Does anybody have a printable character sheet specific to "Sorcerer & Sword"? (with "Past" instead of "Cover" for example)
In Adept Press
Participants: Eliarhiman6, angelfromanotherpin, Thermight.
8/24/2007 Marhault: Lighting a Black Fire
Ron,
I’m putting together a game of Black Fire, ‘cause it looks awesome. Most of the questions I had after reading the text were asked and answered in prior threads. …
In Adept Press
Participants: Marhault, Ron Edwards.
9/19/2007 sirogit: Psychic Residue redux, with more backyard meth labs.
I'm setting up another Sorcerer game, largely based on my previous one-sheet but polished abit and set in a very poor, angry little town. Desperation, Bikers n' meth labs mixed…
In Adept Press
Participants: sirogit, Ron Edwards, 5niper9, GreatWolf.
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